Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Henri, Count of Chambord and Duke of Bordeaux (French: Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné d'Artois, duc de Bordeaux, comte de Chambord; 29 September 1820 – 24 August 1883), [1] was the Legitimist pretender to the throne of France as Henri V from 1844 until his death in 1883.
The loss of land in France was a major contributing factor in causing Henry V's heirs and relatives to descend into civil strife and quarrel over the succession of the English crown in ensuing decades, culminating in the Wars of the Roses (1455–1487) between Henry V's descendants, the House of Lancaster, and its rival, the House of York.
Henry IV (French: Henri IV; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry (le Bon Roi Henri) or Henry the Great (Henri le Grand), was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610.
However, under the treaty, Henry instead took the title "heir (héritier) of France" in place of king of France. [56] For Henry V, successfully pursuing the claim to the French throne and establishing a Lancastrian "dual monarchy" of England and France had become a key objective because it would secure the prestige and position of the new ...
A daughter of King Charles VI of France, she married King Henry V of England [1] and was the mother of King Henry VI. [a] Catherine's marriage was part of a plan to eventually place Henry V on the throne of France, and perhaps end what is now known as the Hundred Years' War. But, although her son Henry VI was later crowned in Paris, the war ...
The siege of Meaux was fought from October 1421 to May 1422 between the English and the French during the Hundred Years' War.The English were led by King Henry V.Henry became ill while pressing this long siege, which took place during the winter months, and died on 31 August as a result.
Henry V of England invaded France following the failure of negotiations with the French. He claimed the title of King of France through his great-grandfather Edward III, although in practice the English kings were generally prepared to renounce this claim if the French would acknowledge the English claim on Aquitaine and other French lands (the terms of the Treaty of Brétigny). [5]
The Treaty of Troyes was an agreement that King Henry V of England and his heirs would inherit the French throne upon the death of King Charles VI of France.It was formally signed in the French city of Troyes on 21 May 1420 in the aftermath of Henry's successful military campaign in France. [1]